Sometimes, being too close to a subject means you have to bite your lip. However, now The Commons Health Select Committee has waded in (a bit like a senate or congressional hearing for those in The USA) Duncan Selbie the CE of Public Health England is being questioned for not being frank enough with advice. They are the body that collates statistics, which some here mistakenly call HPA, which ceased to exist last year. Their most recent data is used in analysis though.

One major criticism is not acknowledging sexual health data that is not coded. Boring and technical maybe, but acknowledges that we don't know the full picture as such clinics offer a confidential service that is anonymised rather than charged against your NHS number.

So we can argue all we like. The facts are as follows;

Being gay or straight makes no difference to your attitude towards anal sex.

More women receive anal sex than men.

Most people use condoms for anal sex.

Data commentary on health statistics uses the 95th percentile to ensure risk is not ignored.

The 95th percentile is where most HIV outcomes reside.

The historic gay prevalence is an example of how that demographic is more likely to come forward for screening than some others such as needle share and promiscuous females.

Perhaps our professors of health bigotry would like to look at the data, you'll find it where Christian websites find the data you throw at us, comparing screening versus symptom registration. That blows the myth. It is dangerous to plan a trajectory based on incidence.

That is why PHE like HPA before it is there to collate and advise, not plan and supply.




But of course, I am not a fellow queer basher so everything I say above is pure lies eh. ?